Raymond Dombrowsky
Luling,TX
Summary
Friendly Store Director with over 17 years of retail management/leadership experience. Demonstrated success managing diverse aspects of store presentation and delivering first-rate customer satisfaction. Talented at leading retail operations, including merchandising, sales, inventory, personnel and payroll management. Ran store with over 550 employees and sales exceeding 180 million. Strong sales floor presence and executed open door policy. Worked most weekends and holidays. Average 45-50 hours a week.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Store Director
HEB Grocery Company
Bastrop, TX
01.2005 - 03.2022
- Managed team of 550+ employees. Over 35 department managers reported to me.
- Kept inventories accurate with daily cycle counts and regular audits to identify and resolve variances.
- Promoted team collaboration, performance and efficiency by fostering healthy environments focused on mutual success.
- Lead stores that exceeded 180 million in sales.
- Oversaw staffing and training, safety compliance, inventory control and financial functions.
- Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
- Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
- Developed new store location from ground up by hiring and training efficient team.
- Protected store from loss or theft by setting and enforcing clear security policies.
- Identified current and future trends that appeal to consumers.
- Achieved consistent budget targets with optimal expense controls and elimination of unnecessary waste.
- Analyzed operating and financial statements for profitability ratios.
- Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
- Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
- Utilized information technology to record sales figures, for data analysis and forward planning.
- Set effective store schedules based on forecasted customer levels, individual employee knowledge and service requirements.
- Reported to district manager regarding store and staff issues, financial goals and sales.
- Responsible for total store merchandising for sales, gross profit, tailoring to demographics, customer demands, being seasonal relevant, etc.
- Maintained strong safe place to work and followed local, state and federal laws.
- Promoted over 40 employees to a management role.
Education
No Degree - Business And Managerial Economics
Texas State University
San Marcos, TXSkills
- Finance and Accounting Oversight
- Focus and Follow-Through
- Human Resources Oversight
- Training Management
- Problem Anticipation and Resolution
- Financial Statement Review
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Decision Making
- Sales Promotion
- Business Leadership
- Budget Control
- Administrative Management
- Sales Tracking
- Staff Scheduling
- Program Optimization
- Employee Motivation
- Performance Assessment
- Customer Service Management
- Policy Development and Enforcement
- Goal Setting
- Assignment Delegation
- Department Oversight
- Team Leadership
- Originality and Creativity
- Recruitment and Hiring
- Quality Assurance
- Presentation Development and Delivery
- Sales Coaching
- Multitasking and Prioritization
- Payroll Administration and Timekeeping
- Direct Sales
- Calendar Management
- Layout Planning
- Word Processing
- Money Handling
- Inventory Tracking and Management
- Special Promotions Planning
- Environmental Impact Management
- POS Terminal Operations
- Information Security
- Price Structuring
- Market and Competitor Research
- Deadline Management
- Customer Relations
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 550+ staff members.
- Increased sales by coaching department managers on new merchandising standards and understanding the customers demands.
- Managed a store that exceeded company profit margins multiple periods/quarters in a row.
- Know what is is like to lead during the COVID era.
- Certified to operate a pallet jack.
Timeline
Store Director
HEB Grocery Company
01.2005 - 03.2022
No Degree - Business And Managerial Economics
Texas State University